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The Shortcut To Creating Trust

May 22, 2026

Simply creating trust with a prospective client is the initial hurdle to having them engage in the advice process. To be fair the required level of trust initially is relatively low – can they trust…

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12 Engagement Barriers That WE Must Address

May 15, 2026

There are many barriers which can prevent a prospect from engaging in the professional financial advice process, and those prospect barriers are our problem to address. WE have to try and eliminate or negate all…

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The 5 Steps To An Effective Advertising Campaign

March 20, 2026

To create an effective advertising campaign – one that gets you the results you wanted to begin with – there are 5 steps. Many professional services firms miss at least a couple of them, and…

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How much TIME do super-successful advisers spend on marketing?

March 13, 2026

How much an adviser should spend on marketing is a perennial question with an expectation that there is a definitive $ or % answer. There isn’t. So the better question is how much time should…

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The Easiest Way To Get More Referrals

February 13, 2026

The easiest method for anyone to generate and get more referrals and favourable introductions is to GIVE more referrals and introductions. This is just not done as much as it could or should by most…

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If you’re converting only 1 in 10 prospects you have a problem

January 16, 2026

There was a time when converting 10% of your prospects was the path to career success as a financial adviser. Hard to believe perhaps, but true. Everyone starting in a sales role was told to…

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Don’t overlook your low-hanging fruit

January 13, 2026

Have you ever thought about where the easiest wins are in getting new business? Or if you prefer; where the low-hanging fruit is? There will be latent opportunities inside most professionals businesses, and usually those…

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Giving is good for business, so why not do it all year?

December 5, 2025

One of the things that is great about the Christmas holiday season is it becomes noticeable that many folk relax just a little bit more….they give others a bit more time and leeway…they become just…

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